Objetivo To develop and apply higher resolution limited area climatemodels embedded in coarser global models, in order to provideincreased accuracy of regional and local simulations of climateand climate change.The work will concentrate on the development and testing ofnested high resolution limited area models (LAMs) and the testingof their skill in reproducing the present climate.A series of LAM simulations with "perfect" boundary conditions(from analyses of observed data) will be carried out. Thesimulations will be validated against observed data using anumber of standard and non--standard techniques. Experimentswill be carried out with different parametrization schemes forthe modelled physics, different treatments of the lateralboundaries, and different spatial resolutions. These experimentswill give upper bounds for the accuracy to be expected forapplications of the models in a climate change context.Two of the LAMs will be used to used to "regionalize" climatesimulations from atmospheric models (AGCM's at NCAR and at MPIM).The lateral boundaries will be taken from outputs of these AGCM'scovering 10--20 years. The models are forced by prescribed(analysed) sea--surface temperatures (SSTs) and sea--ice fields.The simulations(both from the LAMs and the AGCMs) will bevalidated against observations and analyses for the period inquestion, and with climatology.A special study will investigate whether ocean SST(in casu the Atlantic SST's off the Portuguese coast)can be simulated realistically using an ocean limited area model(OLAM).Very high resolution climate simulations will be investigated bytwo specific studies. The first will use a statistical dynamicalmethodology to give very high resolution of the climate of the(greater) Alpine area. The methodology combines the use of amesoscale dynamical model with a statistical classificationscheme for the large scale flow regime. The second highresolution study is concentrating on the Iberian peninsula, andwill investigate the further nesting into a (already nested) LAMof a higher resolution model. Ámbito científico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programa(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Tema(s) 0101 - Natural climate change Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Bundesstra¯e 55 20146 HAMBURG Alemania Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo AGENZIA REGIONALE PREVENZIONE E AMBIENTE DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Viale Silvani 6 40122 BOLOGNA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 100,Lyngbyvej 100 2100 KOEPENHAGEN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Muenchener Strasse 20, Oberpfaffernhofen 82234 WESSLING Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 2,Avenida de Seneca 2, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 MADRID Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Universidad de Alcalá de Henares España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección KM 33,6,Carretera de Barcelona KM 33,6 28801 Camp Madrid Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Vetoio 10 67010 Coppito l'Aquila Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos